Attempting to obtain OAuth token NOT using Docker

[BusterMcGeee]

As I'm not using Docker, I've been attempting to find a workaround command to obtain this token with Python commands in a Windows Powershell environment, but I'm at the limits of my expertise. Could I ask you suggest an alternative to using:

docker run --rm -it --entrypoint /bin/sh python:3 -c 'pip install gpsoauth; python3 -c '''print(import("gpsoauth").exchange_token(input("Email: "), input("OAuth Token: "), input("Android ID: ")))''

I've been using fresh oauth2_4 tokens each try. I'm afraid the Java-based solution linked to from your instructions are also beyond my current skills.

Thank you for any suggestions.

[flecmart]

Hey there,

if the latest 1.x version still works in your environment there is no reason to upgrade at this point. I hoped there will be better ways to authenticate to the google keep again, but since #57 there was no progress and authentication issues were observed more and more so I decided to go that route that also the library I am using is recommending: https://github.com/simon-weber/gpsoauth?tab=readme-ov-file#alternative-flow

If you don't want to use docker you can use python to get the token as suggested in https://github.com/simon-weber/gpsoauth?tab=readme-ov-file#alternative-flow

import gpsoauth

email = 'example@gmail.com'
android_id = '0123456789abcdef'
token = '...' # insert the oauth_token here

master_response = gpsoauth.exchange_token(email, token, android_id)
master_token = master_response['Token']  # if there's no token check the response for more details

auth_response = gpsoauth.perform_oauth(
    email, master_token, android_id,
    service='sj', app='com.google.android.music',
    client_sig='...')
token = auth_response['Auth']

I am not sure what you mean with the java-based solution - do you mean the documentation I linked from the gpsoauth-java lib? It does not involve any java skills - they just had a nice documentation of how to obtain an oauth token from your browser.

So the flow is like this:

1. Use Google Chrome for this (works also in other browsers, but might be a little different)
2. Open Developer Tools (hit f12) and go to Application tab (see image below how it should look like)
3. Go to https://accounts.google.com/EmbeddedSetup
4. Log into your Google Account
5. Click on "I agree" when prompted. The page may show a loading screen forever; ignore it and move on to the next step.
6. Obtain the value of oauth_token

7. Use the docker command or python script to get the master_token in exchange for your oauth_token.

The easiest solution for the last step really is using the docker, because it makes sure runtime, dependencies and commands are the correct ones. Docker Desktop is for free for personal use. Really just install it like any other software and run the command. Don't be scared of using docker 😉

[BusterMcGeee]

Thank you! I decided to try upgrading to the newest version because my current on (current to 3-4 months ago) stopped working. I may go over my current installation once more to see if I can figure it out. And I'll take another look at Docker. I've been running your script as a Windows service which obviously introduces some unnecessary variables. Thanks again!

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